Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-19
GRIM GUEST BY NIGHT.
rrv LIVES LOST BY THE
'n' BURNlNG OF A HOTEL

Avanue of Escape in the interior
..,,,v Barricaded by hoari"E
eu Terror stricken inmates
- themselves From Top STORY
to,r.--, -ReDdipg Shrieks TOT
swbtcb 1t Wac Impossible to SiVe'
p,,rv.to. n Y, March 1S.-The kich-
"a uotal and 81. James Hall were
,.,od earIv this morning. The nre was
,,.,avorad AT $50 O'Clock this morning
IN the per Richmond Hotel an alarm
m.s soupded and the fire department re-
,nooded promptly. The house contained
f,.roo her OF guests, and their ter
s,tr,ng sbrieks could plainly be heard
roaaors were raised and as many as pos
.i,Io we're saved A large NUMBER OF
a,asts ware unable to effect their escape.
At4oclock the entire Richmond dotei'
4, lanes Hall and other property IN Tue
hlock were doomed to speedy destruc'
t,on The whole place burned like Tin
aor hoy. The corridor in the centre OF
tbo hniIdinx acted as great funnel, ana
oA,be flames streamed upward the
lost. found themselves imprisoned by
wall of fire. The screams OF the guests
could he heard for blocks
HELPLESS IN THE WINDOWS.
Atmanv O? the windows could be seen
frightened guests in their nightclothes
calling wildly for help. At third floor
windows two guests were seen by the
crowd to fall back into the names. one
man jumped from the fifth floor to the
roof of two.story wooden building ad-
mining. He was seriously injured. Hon.
NJ. W. Barse, OF 0lean, was terribly
burned about the hands and wrists.
A number of insurance men were In
the building, and several were badly IN
iured. Among them are w. j. Mchay,
If Niagara Falls; G. w. Dubois, of Syra-
use: W 5. Dewey, OF Rochester, who
,oaped with bad burns; Clinton Bid
ell. of Pittsburg, badly burned. At the
nergeney Hospital are Charles Davis,
New York, hands and feet badly
rned: H. B. Smith, of the n Orth British
iurance Company of New York, hands
/ feet burned; Edward Whelan, of
" York, hands in terrible condition.
sy are probably not fatally injured.
be hotel building was situated at the
her of Main and Eagle streets, ex-
ding through to Washington street.
any are badly burned and injured.
AWhitaker reports that large amount
Diamonds were in the hotel last
nit.
B. Robertson, of Lambert & Co.. had
slck valued at $4,000 deposited in
thSafe. Mr. Adler mad in his room
$500 worth, and a MIR. Smith had
antor considerable stock, but the
am0t is not known.
LOSSES AND INSURANCE.
TlhOtel building and st. James Hall
Werdnsured for 100000, which covers
the ss to the Library Association.
stafd a Co.'s loss is $4,000 and their
lnsunce is $34, 800.
Fu9r Townsend, proprietOrs of the
bost Clothing Store, estimate their loss
" FJOOO They are covered by insur-
anee
Pet Paul & Bros, lose $4,000. They
are lGlred.
=. IAeoss of Ulbrich & Kingsly is $35, 900.
nBWered by insurance.
inmlnor Losses are estimated at S10-
RAPIDITY OF THE SWEEP.
Iaeapldity of the fire in cutting off all
ueSa OF escape led some persons to lean
lor III from windows. Others got down
.pe ae escapes or on ladders raised by
we Ut department. One man, mad with
aaj ,elioI leaped from third story window
nnu Hs picked up from the stone side.
s.,i siA ~ Maln street, a man Rled CORPSE,
e'ehl VINO succeeded in making their
o9CaP were badly injured and burned,
o,H 6.S olae OF these viii probably die.
siaS nofe fortunate, escaped with
10 IN THE HOTEL.
~. 0G hundred ana twenty-five persons
,ouinh o.eih tDe n0tel, seventy OF whom were
fsmtel ruienI guests, eight boarders, and the
Ho tn1iyl porters, bell boys, members of
TwoatI. ".iiiles re-. Oh tue prOpretOrs and clerks.
win. y.'"O ol these were rescued from
na5. tboiu oy uremen, and large number
hi d OIL the fire IS not as vet known
VT iah IL Alpdrt, the night clerk savs.
ter ,hn uIe started IN the cloak room. I'm.
bbs.an nV 1alh nlalh stairway, ut $50 O'Clock
bs las Vas NOBODY up but myself. Joe.
oy "isnt porter, and Plummer. = hell
bn ~ Pudled all four of the fire alarms
1ms sue e,' inherent floors, and the peonIe
otSs, zig rs downstairs in their night
|nd eIsvotdne nre followed the stairways
Ieaebad ~ ana inside of five minutes
lOOrs after U1p moor rushed out of
alVer doing all could.1
~ FKiGHTFuL IN ITS RApfDrry
|ee1 frIrt.sl aPleau OF the flames is said to have
|s,or sbos. III In Its rapidity. TIE eIe.
|nd tbev served as flue tor the flames
|erv teyy .ushed up it to the top floor in a
Dusad o,'i ~ nutes. As the guests were
hey tnrro, ~uu saw the interior exits ont of
sean w 70 tne windows. They conId
ut cleo. " tnelr night clothes sfandino
|round oe @lu a. ~ NiVld before the lurid boct
be son,I MI, hames. The flames snraad to
reman a. slde Of the hotel first Tho
b. fire to ~ noble work and confneG
uildinss ue tue narrow limits of tho thra.,
ad mar uSuned. ad. Their work OF rescvs
bap5 wi,Ac eAclllng Incidents. Tha teia,
be laddar peIe as usual in the wav or
ne Vas H.. brigade and much yaInshIa
hem OSI IN getting the ladlars 10.
|ere aboIt ng the guests In the hotei
hd conc twenty insurance agents who
eat ire =. "I 70 adjust the losses 81 tho
e ConrioaI' AZ ~, " lller, Greiner a. co.'s anS
'''sr once Of Tuesday anu
Psrh, oooL'HEADED ESCAPE
" W.. Ihe most THRILLING oso.
ep.soN nat OF Preston WbittaSpe Vi
omed VI Proprietor Stafford
Oussd s.l au the fifth story ana ne
|wp for '.epped to the window ana loi "nsn
htelv a = lew seconds. Tho" ny y. iIoHeu gos'eu
bm too dressed himself, ana an ueilo-
BIZ aho,. ndow, stood on the s,ol,a slhs
Is can,ie Tue window beneath zap
bne ky tg ne stepped 70 tha ~, -, ON
kded in Iont tI,nt OF the buildin0 and Que one
Lder ~ .Is .hls manner to the u,,,an onu pro pro-
Vue other extremity of iSe S LUCK
rhs bnra, anH BUILDINGS HISTORY '"''
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